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patriarchate


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Patriarchate  \Pa`tri*ar"chate\  (p>amac/`tr[i^]*[aum]r"k[asl]t), 
  n.  [Cf.  F.  patriarcat.] 
  1.  The  office,  dignity,  or  jurisdiction  of  a  patriarch. 
  --Jer.  Taylor. 
 
  2.  The  residence  of  an  ecclesiastic  patriarch. 
 
  3.  (Ethnol.)  A  patriarchal  form  of  government  or  society.  See 
  {Patriarchal},  a.,  3. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  patriarchate 
  n  1:  the  jurisdiction  of  a  patriarch 
  2:  a  form  of  social  organization  in  which  a  male  is  the  family 
  head  and  title  is  traced  through  the  male  line  [syn:  {patriarchy}] 




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